Monday, June 27, 2011

Tong Kwai Chicken



Ingredients
½ chicken, cut into 5cm pcs (use kampung chicken if available)
50g old ginger, pounded to extract the juice
½ cup wine

Ground coarsely
25 pcs tong kwai (angelica – buy from chinese medical halls)
10g kei zhi (wolfberry – buy from chinese medical halls)

Method
1 Marinate chicken in ginger juice, wine and ground tong kwai and
   kei zhi for about 1 hour in room temperature.

2 Heat water in a steamer over a medium fire. When water comes to
   a boil, add chicken and allow to steam for about 15 minutes or until
   chicken is cooked. Serve hot with rice.